The internal documents from the prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, published in The Times on Monday
were a chilling reminder of the legal and moral disaster that President
George W. Bush created there. They describe the chaos, lawlessness and
incompetence in his administration’s system for deciding detainees’
guilt or innocence and assessing whether they would be a threat if
released.

“It is unfortunate that The New York Times and other news organizations
have made the decision to publish numerous documents obtained illegally
by Wikileaks
concerning the Guantanamo detention facility. These documents contain
classified information about current and former GTMO detainees, and we
strongly condemn the leaking of this sensitive information. ....